Trousers appliance



A. K. WANDER. TROUSERS APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 17, I920- 1,368,866.. Patented. Feb. 15 1921.

INVENTOR barren stares career series.

ALFRED K. wniunnn, or cnroaeo, rLLINoIs.

'rnousnas APPLIANCE.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, 1921.

Application filed January 17, 1920. Serial No. 352,127.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, ,ALFRED K. WANDER, a cltizen of the United States, residingat Chicago, in the county of'Cook and State of' Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers Appllances, of which the following is a speci ing to afford support therefor, to gather in the rear of the trousers any slack occurring in the waist band thereof, and to prevent the shirt which lies in contact therewith from creeping upwardly. An exemplification of thisinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing whereinportion of a palr of trousers to the inner'side of Which the presentappliance is attached; Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary View thereof in plan; and

Fig. 3 is a similar view'showing a modi-;

fied construction. 7

Any suitable flexible material such, for

instance, as webbing, or elastic if desired,

is selected for a strap which forms an essential part of this lnvention, the strap being used in the form'of two separate sections designated as A and B. In practice each section is by preference a counterpart of the other, but for the sake of illustrating two constructions conveniently, I have shown in Figs. 1 and 2 these two sections to be differently formed. Referring particularly to these figures, one end of each strap section is provided with a hole, through which may be received a button 6 located conveniently on the inner side of the trousers waist band near the center of the back thereof, a second button being also secured to the trousers on the opposite side of the back center a distance therefrom about equal to that of the first button. These two buttons, denominated as 6 and 7, are adapted to be attached in the usual manner to the strap sections A and B respectively, which, as already stated, are formed with button holes for this purpose. Between these buttons is a floating loop 8 on which are mounted two parallel sleeves 9 and 10, each adapted to function as a roller and to lie within a bend of the two strap sections A and B respectively. which sections proceed first from the two buttons 6 and 7 toward each other, and

their take aturn around the two rollers 9 and 10, thereafter extending away in oppositedirections, as shown. In all particulars that have so far been described, the two strap sections may be exactly alike.

The section A is threaded through a lengthadjusting appliance such as the buckle 11 which operates upon the usual friction or clamping principle, and near its end which is opposite the button 6 the section Atakes a turn through an eye 12 which is adapted to cooperate with the button 13 (see Fig. 1), the proximate extremity 1A of the strap beingheld by the buckle in any desired manner.

"Instead'of employing this buckle and eye arrangement, it is entirely practicable to I form both strap sections as shown in the Figure 1 shows in perspective the upper" construction of section B, wherein such auX- iliary parts are omitted, use being made into receive abutton 17 by which means the strap is secured to the inner side of the trousers waist-band. The length adjustments of this strap section are effected slmply by buttoning into the desired hole 15. The appliance, when used as indicated, provides a take-up device that is preferably, although not necessarily, formed of some elastic material. It serves to gather up at the rear of the trousers any slack re maining at the waist-line, and serves further, by reason of its close contact with the shirt that is tucked inside the trousers, to keep the shirt from creeping up. Movements of the wearer are not inconvenienced, but are in fact rendered more comfortable, by the use of this device as the floating loop 8 acts to equalize the strain on both strap sections by transferring it from one to the other according as occasion may require, this action occurring without appreciable wear or effort due to the provision of the sleeve rollers 9 and 10.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a device of similar construction which is applicable to the outer side of the waistband of the trousers as a supporting means therefor in lieu of a belt or suspenders. In this instance, use is made of an ordinary belt that is severed to floating member 22 which normally lies close to the middle of the back, the strap ends extending oppositely to connect as to buttons 23. with two points remote from each'other that are situated at the back ofthe trousers.

This form of appliance is yielding in the; same manner, as has been explained in connection with the device of Figs. 1 and 2, and.

possesses all the advantages thereof except in regard to the shirt holding feature which,

of course, is absent.

The devices as described and shown represent two exemplifications of this invention,-

but maybe obviously modified or altered within the limits defined by the "appended claims, without sacriflcingflthe features.

which are novel to this invention.

1 claim:

" 1. In combination with a trousers, waist I'GSPGCtIVG GlZLStlCiStI'ELpS, the point of enband, a trousers appliance comprising two straps, each strap being flexed or looped at tialtdis'tance from the rear center thereof,

its inner end 'to provide a relatively short under section and a relatively long overlying outer section, means for securing eachunderlying relatively short section to the trousers waist band at a point at a substanmeans for securing each overlapping longer section of the strapto the trousers waist band at a point located'at a substantially greater distance from the center than the first mentioned point, and normally ceni trally disposed floating attaching means slidingly engaging the bends or loops in the respective straps, the point of engagement being intermediate the proximate points of attachment for the respective straps, whereby freedom of movement is afiorded and the floating attaching means arerpermitted to move back and forth between the inner points of attachment, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a trousers waist band, a trousers appliance comprisingitwo elastic straps, eachfstrap being fixed or looped at its inner end to provide a relatively short under section and a rela tively long overlying outer section, means for securing each, underlying relatively short section to the trousers waist band at a point at a substantial distance fromthe rear center thereof, means for securing each overlapping longer section of the straps to the trousers 'waist band at a point located at a substantially greater distance from the center than thefirst mentioned point, and normally centrally disposed floating attaching means slidingly engaging the bends or loops in the gagement being intermediate the proximate points of' attachment for the respective straps, whereby freedom or" movement is tween the inner points of attachment in con- {jformity with the i'stretching and contracting of the elastic straps, substantially as described, I 7

ALFRED K. WANDER Witnessa 4 1 EPHRAIM BANNING. 

